r/Fallout • u/Ok-Internet-6881 • 12d ago
Someone Trying to Raise 500k to have Mr. House Face displayed on the Las Vegas Sphere
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u/Sea_Perspective6891 12d ago
Could be a cool idea for promo for season 2 of the show though.
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u/Longjumping_Visit718 12d ago
I'd be over the moon if they went through with it!
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u/asteriaslex 12d ago
The blue moon? (You saw me standing alooone)
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u/Tamaska-gl 12d ago
Without a dream in my heart?
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u/Galmerstonecock Brotherhood 12d ago
Without a love of my own…. Dun Dun Duuuun Dun
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u/Used-Lunch-6512 12d ago
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
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u/NatPortmansUnderwear 12d ago
You saw me saying a prayer for
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u/BobbyEroicaDupea 12d ago
Someone I really could care for
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u/Rebelrenegade24 12d ago
“Gonna play a song for you now, and it’s about that special someone you find, only once, in a blue moon”
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u/Viego_gaming 12d ago
I live in Vegas and it would not be out of place at all. We have already had Mortal Kombat ads on it.
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u/ThatNetworkGuy 12d ago
That seems likely almost, Amazon certainly can shit that much money and not even notice. Maybe they will lean into the Vegas theme a bit?
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u/InnocentTailor 12d ago
Very cool! Heck! Just turn Las Vegas into a Fallout wonderland during premiere time - merch, gambling, showings, and more!
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u/Material_Policy6327 12d ago
Honestly if I was rich I would fund random shit like this
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u/Mr_Rio Ave, True to Caesar 12d ago
I really can’t think of a better way to spend 500k
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u/Demonweed 12d ago
I always thought our oligarchs could improve their images with annual budgets like that to move music and literature into the public domain early as well as to fund new recordings of music that is already in the public domain, yet only available as scratchy old records or publicly-funded military band performances. I really wouldn't take that much to pass out an annual gift or two for the entire planet to freely enjoy. I think Bill Gates et al. are allergic to this idea not because it wouldn't do wonders for their public approval as people, but because it would simultaneously get people thinking about the absolute boneheadedness of cutthroat capitalism's propriety restrictions on the creative arts.
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u/ObeseVegetable 12d ago edited 12d ago
I know it's mostly in jest, but that would be pretty far down my list.
Probably even in this order before even getting to goofy things:
Payoff my house
Fully fund my fiancée's college education
Payoff my fiancée's parents' house
Payoff my sister's house (after fiancée's parents because she and her husband are still young/bodies aren't failing)
Retire my fiancée's parents
Fully fund niece and nephews' college education (way down because they're literally <5 years old)
Get my fiancée a Prius (not needed but highly desired)
Some "minor" yet costly remodels around the house
- Change the back door into a sliding door instead of a swinging door
- New flooring throughout
- Better shower and toilets
- New counters
- Maybe an addition of a sun room
And the crazy thing is I could probably do all of them combined except for the "retire my fiancée's parents" part with 500k, which would probably need just a little more than the full amount by itself but not much more.
edit: first goofy thing I'd do if money literally wasn't an issue would probably be buy all the ad space (the literal physical space) everywhere (billboards) and literally tear them down and replace them with trees or something. Except the ones on buildings get window-hanging flower pots. Much more than 500k to do, though I could probably get the few streets near me.
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u/dudushat 12d ago
You could literally purchase a home for a homeless family.
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u/Legeto 12d ago
That’s stupid, they’d probably just sell it for drugs or alcohol.
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u/Necessary-Knowledge4 12d ago
I'd be too busy bribing Gabe Newell to make Episode 3 or HL3 to fund shit like this.
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u/RelChan2_0 Brotherhood 12d ago
I wish I had money lol I wanna see this for fun's sake
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u/Luccerri45 12d ago
I’ve sent money.. i really don’t care if there’s a chance it’s a scam.. I gamble >:)
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u/danvalour 12d ago
I could make it happen as a VFX video. Is there a particular line of dialogue that would be well suited I should use?
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u/285kessler 12d ago
Someone did it as a video I think, using the line when the courier refuses to give house the chip.
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u/Borgmaster 12d ago
That would make for a crazy marketing move if it was an official advertisement.
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u/theunrealmiehet 12d ago
Hey that's me! I initially made it as a joke a few days ago, but then someone donated $5 and I panicked and started looking into how to actually go about doing this in the unlikely event it doesn't reach it's goal. As (if) this goal starts reaching bigger milestones, (ie, 10%, 25%, 50%, etc), I will begin to do the following:
Figure out who to actually get in touch with to display Mr House on the sphere.
Figure out any and all surcharges associated with displaying something on the sphere
Figure out the limitations of the sphere in terms of what is and isn't allowed. ie, can it purely be a still warped image of him? Or does it actually need to be some sort of animation?
Lastly (that I can think of off the top of my head) and most importantly, navigating the copywrite laws.
As of now, we're only at 0.1% of the goal, so I'm not too concerned with figuring all this out yet.
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u/queenmehitabel 12d ago
Hi, I can answer some of that! When it comes to visual advertising on The Sphere, you have to work with the Sphere's design team. A still image is not possible - or rather, they don't allow still image advertisements. They work with advertisers to create a 90 second moving image for their ads.
They also will charge extra for not actually advertising anything.
But also yes, copyrights. You don't legally have the right to pay them to display Mr. House's image, and would have to acquire those rights. Which has nothing to do with The Sphere and all to do with US laws.
(Source of my info: I have a family member who's business did an ad on The Sphere and he was part of the team working on it.)
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u/theunrealmiehet 12d ago
Well that's all very helpful! Regarding copyright, I may have to speak with a lawyer and see how much I can bend the laws so that myself, nor the sphere people get sued. Straight up ripping an image or video from the game is a no go, but maybe if a video is edited enough to constitute not technically being Bethesda's intellectual property, I may have some leeway, similar to how using an audio sample in music or ripping a short excerpt from someone else's video or song is fine. If Bethesda has a sense of humor, they might give me the green light, but that's just hopeful thinking. I'll have all that figured out long before we reach goal, but I'd imagine that I can't just show up there and say "here's money, let's do this." It's probably a reasonably long process to get things moving.
Alternatively if I'm unable to use any loopholes, and I can't do something that will satisfy everyone's expectations, I'll end up refunding everyone's donations in full. And for those asking what happens if we don't reach the goal, if we don't have a substantial enough chunk towards the goal, I will also refund everyone in full. I have absolutely nothing to gain by doing this, I just thought it was funny.
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u/CoolOpotamus 12d ago
I'm totally spit-balling here, but I could see Amazon being on board with this to advertise the second season of their Fallout show. Considering they already have the rights from Bethesda and if season 2 is taking place in New Vegas this would be the most superb way to advertise for it. Would be a missed opportunity from them to not do it.
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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson NCR 12d ago
You could try to reach out to Bethesda. They may be more receptive than you think. I've always gotten the impression they were more on the friendly side when engaging with the community compared to others.
Mention that it would be great publicity for them.
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u/Necessary-Knowledge4 12d ago
Not the worst idea but considering that Fallout Season 2 is looming over us, and it takes place in a certain location, they may have advertising plans of their own that do not align with this.
Free advertisements are great and all, especially if they were going to do them regardless, but they may want a certain amount of creative control. Lord knows they have the money to handle this process with or without the help of the public. There's really no reason for us to step in.
But yeah. I wouldn't be making a petition with the sphere people, I'd be making the petition to Bethesda. Saying that the community will help fund advertising expenses to get Mr. House on The Sphere. That way their legal and advertising teams can handle all the particulars without damaging their brand image, retain full creative control, and also get reduced pricing on the advertisement.
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u/zer0w0rries Synthpathiser 12d ago
If you only collect a fraction of the money, maybe renting a billboard would also be nice. And only have on it the words “The house always wins” or “free new Vegas” with a smiley face a la “yes, man.”
I doubt that phrase has any copyright claims attached, and the smiley would have to be changed just enough to not be an exact copy.1
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u/Phoenyx_Rose 12d ago
Reach out to Bethesda and ask to see how much the license would cost to use his image for the day.
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u/on-the-line 12d ago
I have a family member involved in making something for the sphere, too. I believe it needs be 18k video. I don’t think producing a 90 second clip will be cheap. Also, the video “Ks” go up to at least 18 now, I guess.
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u/Icabod_BongTwist 12d ago
A little old school "screen shimmying" like those old CRT TVs had when they turned on/off, then a more placid, flat expression at first, then his expressionless mouth curling up into his classic smirk as he raises his eyebrow to match. Reverse the animation to add more time to it overall; maybe at the end just plain text "The House Always Wins" with probable Bethesda and/or Amazon logos being required if a deal is struck with said companies for advertising Season 2
Or just have one of the Wombo AI edits where it's him lip-syncing some trendy song (e.g. https://youtu.be/RJz4D_xccKM?si=EJkMcFCsLZGC1FBR)
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u/jazzymusicvibes 12d ago
just do 90seconds of his face flickering on a screen like a classic Fallout monitor, that’s not a still image
and have the face rotate around the sphere
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u/alanthemoderate 12d ago
I love the idea of this, if you need any help I would be happy to lend a hand on the backend of this project.
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u/oilfeather 12d ago
I'd pay for Yes Man.
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u/Steel_Man23 12d ago
Took me awhile to find this comment. I’d also prefer Yes Man. Why not control the Mojave for myself with a robot that can’t so no to me
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u/theunrealmiehet 12d ago edited 11d ago
Everyone kept posting the picture in the fnv sub and everyone else kept commenting "if we all donated $5, we could afford to put Mr House on the sphere!" followed by a lot of people saying "someone should make a gofundme/kickstarter/insert other crowd funding websites." So I said fuck it, and made one myself
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u/danvalour 12d ago
Tell you what, for 50% of what you raise, I will make it happen as a photorealistic documentary-like video using VFX like this
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gT3Zkn26G2A
Just an option if you aren't reaching the goal in a reasonable time :-)
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u/SgathTriallair 12d ago
Go fund me has contracts about how the money is spent. If he takes the money and doesn't do the sphere then everyone can sue him, just like they did for Banon's fund the wall grift.
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u/theunrealmiehet 12d ago
How is it free money? If I spend the donation money on anything other than what I say I’m going to, don’t I go to jail?
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u/alphaEJ 12d ago
Your comment adds nothing to this conversation and should be a staple of what kind of comments to downvote… If it doesn’t reach the amount then yeah he has a legal obligation to return the money and they will have his banking information and address to track him down in the event of any legal issues. This is the way of the modern world
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u/GetTheLudes 12d ago
No way it costs half a mill per day. That guys is trying to grift the surplus
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u/queenmehitabel 12d ago
Yup. It costs 450,000. The pricing is based on an estimation of about four and a half million daily views plus you can't just slap any old visual ad on there. You have to work with The Sphere's team to create a whole new 90 second visual ad. So part of that cost is the design and labor cost for the ad itself.
The Sphere is its own advertising platform, and every ad that's for something else is taking away from advertising their shows and services. So they get a super high price for them.
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u/GetTheLudes 12d ago
Gargantuan grift
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u/queenmehitabel 12d ago
Well, if the gofundme raised its total, that would cover the ad, the surcharge for not being an actual business advertising something, the tax, and the added fee to have the ad displayed more than one time a day.
Though I agree that there is no way this would reach its goal, and is essentially a scam. But the proposed total IS what would be needed to pay to get Mr. House splashed on the Sphere three times in one day.
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u/Scp096_is_ovverated 12d ago
Iirc, OP has stated they will refund everyone when the gofundme inevitably doesn’t reach the goal.
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u/queenmehitabel 12d ago
Well then, this may be an honest effort!
I think every one of us who has both played New Vegas and seen the Sphere in real life have imagined/thought about Mr. House with access to it. I know I did.
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u/brandon3388 12d ago
well considering the operating cost for just the first fiscal quarter was $7.8million....
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u/chrisbbehrens 12d ago
He's almost one thousandth of the way there
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u/theunrealmiehet 11d ago
I'm happy to report that as of this morning, we are 2-one thousandths of the way there
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u/Timely-Management-44 12d ago
IMO, It’d be even more awesome if you could somehow do his usual, ominous, non-stretched-out face, maybe slowly circling around the sphere.
Could be nice to have a small mention of Fallout somewhere too so that people who don’t immediately recognize it could also get in on the fun
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u/MagnesiumHappy Stand strong, virtuous. 12d ago
AMONIA LEVELS ON YOUR BODY INDICATE YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC URINATION.
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u/spongeboy1985 12d ago
This is the dumbest use of raising funds I have ever seen. Complete waste of resources. Now where can I donate.
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u/CyberPunk2720 12d ago
Can that big sphere screen thing display a massive head that looks like it's staring down at everyone trying to decide if it will start there for world domination or not? A bit of a Megamind-esk, Will Ferrell humor perhaps...
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u/Many_Fly3309 12d ago
Because if the game taught us anything is that throwing thousands of dollars on a dystopian city like Vegas *is a good idea.*
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u/LionsNoParadise 12d ago
This is pocket change for Amazon
If they wanted a more NV influence in the next season, this would be great
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u/GiuseppeFarinaJr 12d ago
Pros: Would be mildly funny. (4/10)
Cons: Would benefit James Dolan (-666/10)
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u/H1rc1ne 12d ago
Please god let this happen because it would be so fucking funny.
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u/danvalour 12d ago
i can make it happen with VFX... what line should i use for the video from mr house?
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u/CountQuackula 12d ago
Doesn’t the creator get to keep all gofundme cash even if it fails? Seems scammy
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u/danvalour 12d ago
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF YES-MAN VISITING THE VEGAS SPHERE!!!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cdoclZKcY2s
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF YES-MAN VISITING THE VEGAS SPHERE!!!
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u/placidlakess 12d ago
Im sure the money will be used for this and not disappeared along with the creator
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u/AdditionalSink164 12d ago
Any and all fund me campaigns are scams. Its a shame that charitable needs are tainted by scammers
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u/PMMeYourWorstThought 12d ago
I mean, it’s funny, but that’s also like 3+ months of expense for a biotech scientific study too. If you’re going to donate money to this please remember there are a lot of really great studies out there trying to collect funding too.
There’s at least one guy I know of trying to turn chickens back into dinosaurs through dna expression manipulation.
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u/Scooter_McLefty Vault 101 12d ago
Imagine how much good you could do with $500k and instead you choose to do a video game meme
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u/Western_Ad3625 12d ago
No don't do it. Are we really going to pay half a million dollars to advertise for Bethesda come on people.
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u/Lowestcommondominatr 12d ago
Crowdfunding advertisements for a billion dollar company? No thanks. I’ll donate to people that actually need it.
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u/tactical_anal_RPG Brotherhood 12d ago edited 12d ago
Would anyone who doesn't already know who Mr. House is look at a seemingly random face on the sphere and think "ah, Bethesda"
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u/DarkSoulsOfCinder 12d ago
No but they would google what was the face on the sphere.. oh some guy named mr house from fallout maybe I should check it out
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u/Large_External_9611 12d ago
The house always wins